XSIDCDefinition.java

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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.xs;

/**
 * This interface represents the Identity-constraint Definition schema 
 * component.
 */
public interface XSIDCDefinition extends XSObject {
    // Identity Constraints
    /**
     * See the definition of <code>key</code> in the identity-constraint 
     * category.
     */
    public static final short IC_KEY                    = 1;
    /**
     * See the definition of <code>keyref</code> in the identity-constraint 
     * category.
     */
    public static final short IC_KEYREF                 = 2;
    /**
     * See the definition of <code>unique</code> in the identity-constraint 
     * category.
     */
    public static final short IC_UNIQUE                 = 3;

    /**
     * [identity-constraint category]: one of key, keyref or unique. 
     */
    public short getCategory();

    /**
     * [selector]: a restricted XPath 1.0 expression. 
     */
    public String getSelectorStr();

    /**
     * [fields]: a non-empty list of restricted  XPath 1.0 expressions. 
     */
    public StringList getFieldStrs();

    /**
     * [referenced key]: required if [identity-constraint category] is keyref, 
     * <code>null</code> otherwise. An identity-constraint definition with [
     * identity-constraint category] equal to key or unique. 
     */
    public XSIDCDefinition getRefKey();

    /**
     * A set of [annotations] if it exists, otherwise an empty 
     * <code>XSObjectList</code>. 
     */
    public XSObjectList getAnnotations();

}